Carbs At 90g Per Hour And Blood Sugar Crash

[anon13702412]

@RONDAL

Your comment which i quoted responded to a string of posts where we were discussing available on board glycogen stores available first thing in the morning for workouts. Essentially fasted.

Apparently you then missed some of my initial comments because because I was responding to OPs post and the experiences he made with the excessive carb intake.

Also you are messing up the terms. Getting on the bike in the morning does not equal fasted training. When you get out of bed your glycogen stores are full (if you had a normal dinner).

For what it’s worth my examples just highlighted that an one to two hour workout worth 1,000 to 2,000 kcal is possible without 100g of carbs per hour. (What causes OP problems).

Again, for what it’s worth, I never advised anybody to fuel a certain way. For further context see my initial comment and the question of OP.

@ibcoleman

I’ve been experiencing some pretty unpleasant post-workout side-effects that seem related to blood sugar (shakiness, sweaty palms, etc…) that seem to get resolved by, say, eating everything in the fridge as fast as possible.

I don’t have this reaction after some 90 min 1300kcal threshold workout if I just eat a banana beforehand and drink water. Is this something others have experienced, or is this a “run immediately to your doctor” things?

@anon13702412

Do you really need that much sugar to get the workouts done? Assuming you get on the bike in a fairly topped up state (eg normal meal some hours beforehand) you shouldn’t have much problems completing a 90 minute threshold session.

I know this is an unpopular opinion here but to my experience most of the workouts can be done with not much more than some coffee and perhaps a gel or block. After all, most of them are somewhere between 60 and 120 minutes.

Either way, I would definitely also consult a doc to make sure everything is all good.